Welcome to the fun concept for education

Edutainment is a form of education which is designed to be entertaining, in order to keep people interested and engaged. A wide variety of formats can be used to present edutainment, ranging from books to guided tours of zoological parks, and this particular branch of the education world is also extremely profitable. Numerous companies make very large sums of money producing educational materials with an entertaining twist, and in some regions of the world, the rise of edutainment has been criticized by people who fear that it sometimes focuses more on amusing people than teaching them.

What is Edutainment? (2)

LET'S BEGIN WITH THE "EDUTAINER"...
An original "Georgia peach" who grew up in the Tarheel state, Val Jones presently resides in North Carolina, promoting her mission of educating through entertainment by poetically “planting good seeds and clearing away weeds” through Val Jones Edutainment. She poetically motivates and awakens the senses with unique and insightful presentations and dramatic interpretations. In the media for over twenty years, Val knows how misperceptions and stereotypes can affect our minds and actions. The aim of Val Jones Edutainment is to break down those myths and mindsets that hold people back.

Val's goals are to empower young women of color to embrace the beauty and uniqueness in themselves, to promote the brilliance of African American literature and culture, and to offer various workshops around the country, specifically in the urban communities, to show youth how to express their feelings in powerful, yet creative and non-violent ways.

Witness Val in person and find out why many are blown away by her performances of I Am 24K Black Gold, Sistas...We Got Skills, Free Lunch and a Smile, I'm an Old Hip Hop Junkie, Blues in My Black, God Bless The Child and more.

ATTENTION TEACHERS!
The same old teaching methods do not work on today's youth. And parents are too busy making a living in an unstable economy to fully recognize what is happening to their family. Communication has become disrupted. Youth appear to be disinterested...disheartened...disturbed by their surroundings. Assumptions are made. "This generation is lost." NO they are not! It is not that the youth of today are not bright or willing to learn. But a changing world with age old methods are confusing them. And the lack of understanding leads to learning that which disguises itself as fun. One thing we do know is "fun" is ENTERTAINMENT!

That is why my method of teaching is so effective and long-lasting. I call it EDUTAINMENT...educating through entertainment. Through rap, poetry, humor, history and song, I will motivate even the one you thought lost into developing positive self-esteem and creative yet non-destructive power. Allow me one hour with your youth and witness the transformation.

THEN, IT'S TIME TO WORK ON THE ADULTS!

KNOWLEDGE IS POWER!!!
Check out a few books from my library...just to get you started:

1. The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom by Don Miguel Ruiz
2. The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success by Deepak Chopra
3. The Mastery of Love by Don Miguel Ruiz
4. The Isis Papers: Keys to Colors by Dr. Frances Cress Welsing
5. Black Voices by Abraham Chapman
6. And Don't Call Me a Racist by Ella Mazel
7. How to Eat to Live, pts. 1 & 2 by Elijah Muhammad
8. Anatomy of the Spirit: The Seven Stages of Power and Healing by Caroline Myss
9. Sacred Woman: A Guide to Healing the Feminine Body, Mind & Spirit by Queen Afua
10. Stolen Legacy by George G. M. James
11. Lessons From History (A Celebration in Blackness) by Jawanza Kunjufu
12. Nile Valley Contributions to Civilization by Anthony T. Browder
13. Racism, the Inevitable in America by Edward Faison, Jr.
14. Collected Stories of Charles W. Chestnutt by William L. Andrews
15. The Wisdom of Florence Scovel Shinn by Florence Scovil Shinn

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